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“parks” and “part” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,679
“parks” frequency rank
#193
“part” frequency rank
28872
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parks part
Definition Pluriel de park. Portion de quelque chose qui se divise entre plusieurs personnes.

Where the eye mixes parks and part

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
parks
4 ch
part

Visual trap between parks and part

A purely visual mix-up. parks (\pɑːks\) and part (\paʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28872, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parks is recorded at frequency rank #28,679, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɑːks\. part is at rank #193, tagged as anoun, pronounced \paʁ\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 28872, this pair ranks #320,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of parks vs part

Shared letters: apr. Private to "parks": ks. Private to "part": t.

"parks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "part" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parksaprks · pakrs · parkks · parkss · parrks · parsk · pparks · praks
  • partaprt · parrt · partt · patr · ppart

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "parks" for "part" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\pɑːks\ versus \paʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "parks" or "part" show up more?
"part" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #193 in our French list, against #28,679 for "parks". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "parks" and "part" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "parks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "part" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #320,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parks" and "part" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parias vs parks". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #320,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list